twk said:

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Sean98 said:

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RED AG 98 said:

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Sean98 said:

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USC won't be able to pitch off either. They'll have to throw Edwards vs SWT I think.

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I hope it works out this way but I could see them gambling a bit here. Start their 2 vs SWT, pray for a dub and hold Edwards for us. That is by far their best path to win the regional imo. (Same exact logic for us btw, just that I think our initial opponent is a lot weaker.)

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It's a helluva gamble. May be their best option but I hope it bites them in the ass if they do it

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Its really rare for a two seed to hold their ace for the second game. I can't think of a time that's happened. It's part of the advantage of being a one seed, is that the 2 and 3 have to fire their best bullets before you face them.

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It's not a normal 2 though. Their 2 has more wins (10 vs 8) and a better WHIP than Edwards (.86 / #2 nationally versus Edwards at .95 / #6.) Of course, Edwards has a ridiculous 160 K's in 88.1 IP!!!! That's #1 nationally by 40, whereas Grant has 86 in 88.2.

Either way, it's a tough matchup for us. Somehow they have not faired well against Q1 teams this year but their pitching looks to be really good.

Re-thinking this, I think you are Sean are correct. Win game 1 with Edwards,, take their chances with a #2 that on paper is better than Sims and should you win you're in the best possible spot.

Sgt. Schultz said:

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A lot of folk on TexAgs setting themselves up for anger and disappointment. Most like a 9-11 seed and our regional may be paired with Auburn. We will avoid the sips because of our late season swoon, and ESPN wants them in Omaha. Losing 2 of last 3 series and throwing up a goose egg at SEC tournament tends to do that. That leads to a likely encounter with Auburn in the SR. Dont shoot the messenger

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This post aged well.

Surprised PITT didn't make the field

and a rough year for the old SWC

kind of a throwback to the mid-to-late 80's when A&M, Arkansas, and t.u. dominated

and Tech, Rice, TCU, UH, and Baylor all stayed home

I knew the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee would drop us from the top 8 after getting shut out 7-0 in our only SEC tournament game, but it's frustrating how they dropped us 4 spots.

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Iraq2xVeteran said:

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I knew the NCAA Division I Baseball Committee would drop us from the top 8 after getting shut out 7-0 in our only SEC tournament game, but it's frustrating how they dropped us 4 spots.

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As the overall #12 seed we would likely not have been in the Top 8 even if the Ags won that game.

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We were projected to the No. 8 seed before the tournament, but we fell outside the top 8 and were commonly projected around No. 9 or 10 after the SEC tournament. That's what I expected too, but the committee dropped us further to No. 12 because we went one and done, several teams passed us, and resume concerns. We would have needed to win two SEC tournament games to reach the SEC Championship Game to be in the top 8.

Seeding doesn't matter. Great teams win.

I did my own spreadsheet rankings of each Region. Here are the results in order of most difficult to least for each #1 seed...


1 Mississippi State
2 Kansas
3 Southern Miss
4 Texas A&M
5 West Virginia
6 Nebraska
7 Florida
8 Georgia Tech
9 Georgia
10 North Carolina
11 Oregon
12 Auburn
13 Texas
14 Florida State
15 Alabama
16 UCLA

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dropping below Florida State was the headscratcher

A&M has a better resume...and frankly it's not close...especially with series wins over two of the top 8

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Florida State's AD was on the committee.

And here is the rankings of each top-8 seed to make Omaha based on their path difficulty (most difficult is 1)

1 North Carolina
2 Florida
3 Georgia Tech
4 UCLA
5 Georgia
6 Alabama
7 Texas
8 Auburn